Water works: De Blasio doubles down on renewable energy for NYC by 2025

By Ariama C. Long Posted on April 20, 2021

Mayor Bill de Blasio continued his and others’ support to reject harmful environmental proposals, like the Astoria Generating Company (AGC) that wants to redevelop the dinosaur Gowanus power plant in Brooklyn. He advocated for hydro power and renewable energy projects this Tuesday morning in his daily briefing.

“We have to make sure that the two proposed power plants in Astoria and Gowanus do not come online. They use fracked natural gas and that’s a danger to all of us,” said de Blasio. “They cannot come online and we need to fight to stop it.”